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    MSI X470 Gaming Plus
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    Ryzen 7 2700X
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    CoolerMaster ML240
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  1. Do you have a budget and an ideal color scheme of your PC? (e.g RGB, Black / Red, White / Black, etc.)
  2. You should sell at least everything for around $950. What do you plan on doing by selling your entire rig anyway?
  3. You're suggesting unnecessary upgrades. For a system with an i5-9600k + RTX 2070, there's no need to upgrade. It's not even a worthy upgrade to upgrade to an i7-9700k and an RTX 2070. You're better off waiting a few years till you can upgrade. If you want to upgrade now, get an i9-9900k with a good cooler, and you're set. Also, if you want a free upgrade, just overclock your CPU/GPU. However, you'll need good cooling for that.
  4. Too bad it has a locked processor. But, the CPU itself retails around $300. I don't know about the AIO, but most AIOs range around $60-200 depending on the size. Also, the RAM is not specific, so we don't know about that. Considering that this is a pre-built, I can assume around $60. The GTX 1070 Ti right now is sold for around $300 on eBay. The Samsung 970 Evo 250GB are around $70 on amazon. 1TB Seagate Barracudas are usually $40 1TB Samsung 860 Evo is around $120 For the PC, I would sell it for $800-900. I don't know why you listed you peripherals as well, but are you considering on selling them as well?
  5. until

    zmainers intensifies
  6. It should make an impact if you join the server. For the zs maps, I joined the HG server to see any performance impacts. The zs maps alexg_motel, intercity_mall, and hamlet town were all on the server with around 60-85 players. gm_construct, however, was tested on singleplayer.
  7. Garry's Mod is one of Valve's popular games in Steam, and is mostly known for its poor optimization for today's systems which mostly compromise of 8 threads or more. By default, Garry's Mod runs on 32-bit, but there is a 64-bit version of Garry's Mod you probably haven't heard of. Simply put, it's a much more optimized version of Garry's Mod, and it's suppose to utilize more computer resources to the game. But does it make a difference? Here, I have a benchmark that compares the difference in framerate (32-bit vs 64-bit) in gm_construct. For all of these tests, I will be using a Ryzen 7 2700X with an overclocked GTX 1050 Ti. Garry's Mod is not really GPU-bound, so atrong graphics card like an RTX 2060 is unnecessary. In addition, many of the players in the Garry's Mod community have low-end systems. The Ryzen 7 2700X has a similar IPC performance of an i5-9400F, so these benchmarks should represent a lot of budget PCs out there. In these benchmarks, I will be using vocabulary not many people will know such as 1% Lows and 0.1% Lows. If you want to learn about them, here is a video that explains what 1% & 0.1% Lows are. Credits to Bitwit for making the video. Here, we see around a 26.4% performance increase in average FPS with 64-bit Garry's Mod. In addition, the 1% and 0.1% lows are much more higher in 64-bit than in 32-bit. This was done on gm_construct at high graphical settings. However, this is not the only benchmark so far. Out of curiosity, I decided to compare the famous -threads with 64-bit to see if there were any vast improvements in terms of performance. Average framerate didn't happen to change at all; only at around 4.24% (2-10 frames difference). Surprisingly, the 0.1% lows were consistent, but the -threads 8 had the worst 1% low out of all the three with around 10-20 fps difference. Multicore was enabled with the console command gmod_mcore_test 1, cl_threaded_bone_setup 2, and mat_queue_mode -1. It still seems Garry's Mod is not that resource hungry when it comes to cores. If you have a quad-core (8 threads) or duo-core (4 threads) processor, you won't have to invest more on a better CPU if you can't get good framerate. If you can't run Garry's Mod on high graphical settings, you will need to get a better GPU instead such as a GTX 750 Ti if you're only going to play Garry's Mod and other Valve games. In addition, a better GPU will guarantee you better framerate in triple A-titled games such as Rise of the Tomb Raider and Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Since this is a 64-bit & 32-bit comparison test on zombie survival, I went on the server to compare the framerate. Apparently, 64-bit is somewhat buggy and unstable which left itself with much more worst 0.1% and 1% lows than the 32-bit version. However, both the 64-bit and 32-bit are playing above 60 fps which is fine for most users. However, 144hz users like me would prefer the 64-bit version over the 32-bit version. Here again, the 64-bit version gains a huge performance impact in framerate (40-50 FPS difference; 63.15% difference). The 1% low is better than the 32-bit which most users won't mind, but the 0.1% low is slightly worst. This is another map in zombie survival, and it's pretty old and classic. In here, we see there's very little difference in average framerate, but 1% lows are much more better in the 64-bit. In short, 64-bit build is unstable, but has greater fps than the 32-bit build. How to get 64-bit Garry's Mod It's pretty self explanatory: 1. Open Steam and go to Garry's Mod in the Steam Library 2. Right click Garry's Mod and go to Properties 3. Go to Betas and select x86-64 - Testing 64-bit builds 4. Done! Enjoy 64-bit!
  8. This may be too late to post, but there's no way to actually utilize resources a lot of resources to Gmod because of its source engine. The game is poorly optimized for multi-threaded uses so a CPU such as Ryzen 7 2700X will not perform better than an i9-9900K (as expected). Gmod isn't as resource heavy as it seems, but the low fps doesn't always mean your PC is the bottleneck. I have a Ryzen 7 2700X paired with a GTX 1050 Ti. This is a high-end CPU (8 core, 16 thread) paired with a budget-friendly GPU GTX 1050 Ti. Even with multi-core option enabled, my framerate is somewhat around 60-70ish fps and CPU utilization is quite low. In fact, it only seems Garry's Mod is only taking advantage of 8 threads instead of 16 threads. In addition, GPU usage is low because the CPU is not utilizing all of its resources to the game. And like you stated: Since I have a good CPU, setting it to Real Time was no problem. However, this only improves FPS by quite a few (around 1-8). I did notice that CPU usage increased quite a bit, but it was only on the 8 threads that were utilized in GMod. The only way to truly increase your FPS is by buying a CPU that has extremely good single-core performance such as an i9-9900K or the upcoming Ryzen 3000 series. However, many of you viewing this topic just want to boost FPS for free, so what you can do is do what the guide tells you. If you have a really low-end GPU (4600 Intel HD Graphics or GT 710
  9. I clicked on this topic because I thought you were gonna discuss about anime traps. Oh well.
  10. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1201495654 ^ Tutorial is here
  11. There's no best player. Everyone has their own advantages and disadvantages. The best player has the least disadvantages and I'd say ceiling fan. Best Cader: Depends on situation Best Solo Player: Depends on situation Best Leader: Depends on situation and map knowledge Best player overall: Ceiling fan He makes the least mistakes.